Archived Announcements (Feb. 16, 2012)

The FAU Heritage Planning Committee, which represents FAU faculty, staff and students, is currently meeting to plan the Calendar of Events for the upcoming Women's History Month, to run March 1 to 31, 2012. If you have not done so already, please let the committee know if your office, department or student organization is planning any programs or events that should be included on the calendar. The submission deadline is Friday, Feb. 24. Send the information to Donna Bryan at dbryan@fau.edu in the following format: day, date, time, campus location, building, room, name of the event/program, contact person by title, department or student organization name, a telephone number and a two- or three-sentence description of the event or program. For more information, contact the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies at 561-297-3865.

FAU's Teaching with Technology Showcase provides a great opportunity for faculty to learn about using the latest technology in the classroom. The event will be hosted at the Broward campuses for the first time on Friday, Feb. 17 in Davie. Lunch will be provided. In addition to informative presentations, attendees will have opportunities to win prizes such as TVs, printers and Kindles. RSVP required at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TWT2012-RSVP. For the schedule and additional details, visit www.fau.edu/oit/broward/twt2012.

All components of the FAU Alert system, including email, text messaging, telephone call-out messages, the indoor notification system for Glades Park/Heritage Park towers and the siren/PA system outdoor warning sirens on the Boca Raton, Harbor Branch and Jupiter campuses, will be tested on Thursday, Feb. 23, beginning at 2 p.m.

It is essential that all active faculty (including adjuncts), staff and students update their telephone contact information every semester. Please do so now by logging into MyFAU at myfau.fau.edu, clicking successively on "FAU Self-Service (OWLS)," "Personal Information," "Update FAU Alert Telephone Numbers" and following the instructions. Be aware that only currently enrolled students and active faculty and staff will receive the test email, text and telephone call-out message.

IMPORTANT: Faculty and staff members should give their own individual extensions rather than the main office number. The only exception is for secretaries and receptionists who routinely answer the main number. Using your own extension will prevent multiple calls from going to the main number.

During the test, please note: - For text message alerts to your phone, you will see "Code = 630-79 or 231-77" as the sender of the incoming alert message. Please save this number and program it as FAU so that you can quickly recognize this number as the official source of FAU's messages. - For voice alerts, the caller ID will show 888-832-8695. When you answer the call and say "Hello," you will hear the recorded message. As above, add this number to your contacts under "FAU" as well. - Email alerts will now come from faualert@fau.edu. As above, add this address to your contacts under "FAU" as well. The emergency siren and PA system will be activated on the Boca Raton, Harbor Branch and Jupiter campuses. A loud siren sound and a spoken message will be heard across campus, as well as in nearby neighborhoods and business areas. - All layers of the FAU Alert system will be tested; however, in an actual emergency, depending on the situation, the appropriate systems will be used, i.e., email, text messaging, web announcements and siren/PA alerts.

FAU Today features a regularly updated section listing the accomplishments of University employees. Highlights from the past few months have just been added and can be accessed at the bottom of the right-hand column on the main FAU Today page. FAU faculty and staff members are invited to submit recent activities, accolades and honors -- such as fellowships and awards, conference presentations, election to officer positions in professional organizations or the publishing of a paper, chapter or book. The achievements should be job related, but from activities in which employees have participated outside the University -- no department committee work or other basic job duties. The one- or two-sentence blurbs should include your name, your department/college and a succinct description of the highlight. Send submissions to highlights@fau.edu.

Kultur Festival 2012, an annual celebration of Jewish culture, will be held from Saturday, March 3, through Sunday, March 11, on the Boca Raton campus. Now in its fourth year, the Kultur festival is sponsored by FAU Libraries and the Jewish Cultural Society at FAU. The festival uses film and theater, lectures, storytelling, book arts and music to showcase FAU Libraries' special collections.

FAU Student Health Services is asking for your assistance to support three non-profit HIV/AIDS service organizations in the FAU service area: Compass, Inc. in Palm Beach County, Broward County's Poverello Center and Project Response AIDS Center in the Treasure Coast. These organizations serve individuals with HIV and AIDS with increased needs for nutritional support, but the depressed economy and loss of grant funding limits the assistance they can provide. Your support is especially needed this year!

Thank you in advance for your generous donations to these dedicated community organizations that provide food for individuals and families affected by HIV and AIDS. For more information, call 561-297 1135 or check our flyer at www.fau.edu/shs/PDFs/2012-Food-Drive-all-campuses.pdf.

FAU and Stand Among Friends, a Boca Raton-based nonprofit organization, will host the second annual "emb(race)" on Sunday, Feb. 26, beginning at 7:30 a.m. on the Boca Raton campus. The event will feature a 5K, 10K and one-mile family walk and is open to people of all ages and abilities. Whether participants run, walk, stroll, roll, use a wheelchair or hand cycle, anyone is welcome to enter. There will be games for children, live music, food, prizes, raffles, awards and many other fun activities. For more information or to register, call 561-297-4400, visit www.standamongfriends.org or email events@standamongfriends.org.

Textbook affordability is a critical issue for FAU students. Over the past few years, there have been multiple reports, committees, task forces and even federal and state legislation addressing textbook affordability. In an effort to assist the State University System of Florida and the Division of Florida Colleges in addressing textbook affordability statewide, please participate in this short survey, estimated to take 10 minutes to complete.

The FAU Strategic Planning Steering Committee, which includes representation from the faculty, staff, students, administration and community, is pleased to present a draft of the Florida Atlantic University 2012-17 Strategic Plan and invites comments from all interested parties. Visit www.fau.edu/planning/feedback.

Don't trust email links that are sent in unsolicited email messages. These messages could appear to be sent from a family member, friend or colleague, but they are not legitimate. They may have had their contact list stolen or compromised. Attachments or links in these types of email are ways to infect your machine with a computer virus and other malware.

Phishing or targeted phishing sends you a message that appears to be legitimate from your bank, credit card company, friend or family member with fake links for you to click on. This is an attempt to steal your personal information or infect your machine with malware. Also email phishing attacks can have an email attachment with the email message. Do not open the email attachments. This could also infect your machine with malware. Make it a practice to always scan any attachment coming from unsolicited email messages.

Graduate Research Day is a University-wide event organized by the GSA, the Graduate College and the Division of Research. Close to 100 graduate students are expected to present their research to FAU faculty, colleagues and peers. Student posters are evaluated by a judging panel and awards are distributed in eight different categories: Basic Sciences; Behavioral, Educational and Social Sciences; Business, Marketing, Public Administration and Finance; Civil Engineering, Geoscience and Urban Planning; Computer, Electrical, Mechanical and Ocean Engineering; Environmental, Ecological and Marine Sciences; Mathematics and Physic; and Music, Literature, Theatre and History. Additionally, all abstracts and posters will be digitally archived in a digital collection for Student Research in the library. If you are interested in participating, the deadline for abstract submission is Feb. 17. For more information, visit www.fau.edu/sg/GSA/index.php.

Graduate Research Day will be held on Friday, March 30, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Grand Palm Room, Student Union, Boca Raton campus.

The registration deadline is Feb. 19 for the 2012 FAU Business Plan Competition, hosted by the Adams Center for Entrepreneurship and the College of Business. FAU students, alumni and members of the business community are invited to compete for a share of more than $200,000 in cash and prizes. For the first time, the competition will also include a high school track for juniors and seniors from local high schools to compete for a four-year scholarship to FAU. For more information and to register for the competition, visit www.business.fau.edu/bpc.

The Writing Across the Curriculum program is offering a two-day training seminar intended for faculty, including adjuncts and graduate teaching assistants, who have not yet participated in a WAC seminar and are teaching, or plan to teach, WAC courses this academic year, and those who are planning or teaching courses in FAU's University Honors Program. The workshop will be held on the Boca Raton campus in SU 223 (video conferencing is available) on Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Contact Julianne Curran at jcurran3@fau.edu for more information and an application.

The 10th Annual South Florida Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Conference presents "Selfhood, Statehood, and Interstate Cooperation Across the Americas" on April 19, 2012 at Florida International University. The South Florida Latin American and Caribbean Studies Graduate Student Conference is a collaborative effort between FIU, FAU and the University of Miami and will highlight graduate student research related to Latin America, the Caribbean and the Latino U.S.

Call For Papers: Please submit an abstract of up to 300 words to sfsconference@gmail.com by Feb. 29. Submissions are open to all disciplines and may be submitted in English or Spanish. For inquiries about submitting in another language, please email sfsconference@gmail.com. Top papers will be published in FIU Latin American and Caribbean Center's online "Working Paper Series" and will receive cash prizes. Selected final papers (15-25 double-spaced pages) will be due by March 31.

The President's Leadership Awards program is intended to recognize individual employees of FAU who have rendered services of an extraordinary nature to the University and/or the greater community.

Persons recognized should have played leadership roles in efforts that delivered substantial benefits to the University as a whole, to a community served by the University or to another external population. Leadership can be demonstrated in many ways. In all cases, however, leaders inspire and mobilize others to work cooperatively and effectively toward the betterment of the University or community. Leaders are innovative and resourceful. They have a vision of how the institution, its relationship to the community or the community itself could be made better. Leaders are willing to work hard to turn that vision into reality and they are able to earn the support of others for their projects. Leaders go beyond their job descriptions and exceed the typical expectations of the assignment. Leaders make a difference.

On Thursday, Feb. 16 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in IS 208 (Center for eLearning conference room, second floor, Bldg. 4) on the Boca Raton campus, join a brown bag discussion on "Hybridizing Courses at FAU: Benefits and Challenges." Join us for as much of the discussion as you can. We will begin with a general introduction and brief presentation about what "hybridizing" a course means, some of the reasons one would want to hybridize a course, and some of the challenges one must negotiate around in hybridizing a course. We will then break into small(er) groups for more targeted discussions about different groups' needs and concerns about hybridizing (to be determined at the time of the event). We will wrap up by summarizing the small group discussions and offer suggestions on proceeding with hybridizing projects. This event is co-sponsored by the Scholarship of Teaching Office in the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Center for eLearning. For more information, contact Dr. Jennifer Peluso, Director for the Scholarship of Teaching, at ext. 561-297-1033 or jpeluso@fau.edu.

The Faculty and Staff Club will host a themed happy hour on Thursday, Feb. 16, from 5 to 7 p.m. with drink specials. Additional themed happy hours will be held on March 1, 15 and 29; and April 12 and 26. Visit www.fau.edu/facultyclub for more information.

The College of Business will host Edgar Otto, founder and chairman of the board of National Healing Corporation, on Thursday, Feb. 16 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in Room 101 in the Office Depot Center on the Boca Raton campus. Each week, speakers in the Spring 2012 Executive Forum Lecture Series provide a brief overview of their individual businesses, as well as other professional experiences, followed by a discussion of key issues facing their industries, businesses or the business climate in general. Visit business.fau.edu/executiveforum to RSVP starting the Monday prior to each lecture or for more information.

FAU's Teaching with Technology Showcase provides a great opportunity for faculty to learn about using the latest technology in the classroom. The event will be hosted at the Broward campuses for the first time on Friday, Feb. 17 in Davie. Lunch will be provided. In addition to informative presentations, attendees will have opportunities to win prizes such as TVs, printers and Kindles. RSVP required at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/TWT2012-RSVP. For the schedule and additional details, visit www.fau.edu/oit/broward/twt2012.

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will present Thomas Eisenbarth, Ph.D. as part of the 2012 Frontiers in Science public lecture series. "Cryptography in the Presence of Leakage" will take place on Friday, Feb. 17, at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center, Room 126. Boca Raton campus. Eisenbarth, an assistant professor in cryptology within the department of mathematical sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, will discuss the science behind cryptography, which protects electronic information by transforming, or encrypting it, into an unreadable format. For more information, visit http://science.fau.edu/frontiers/brochure_2012.pdf or Tarra Smith at 561-297-3035 or tismith@fau.edu.

The Department of Curriculum, Culture and Educational Inquiry would like to invite the University faculty, staff and students to its Spring 2012 Research Brown Bag Series. The research brown bags are a "learning community" forum where conversations take place following each presentation. The conversations promote a sense of shared knowledge construction and may, for both presenters and audience, offer new insights and perspectives about the art of teaching, research and more. We have these presentations already lined up, with a few more presentations to be added in the near future:

All presentations will be in the Conference Room (Room 411), 4th floor, Education Building. For more information, email Dr. Yash Bhagwanji (ybhagwan@fau.edu) with your full name, contact information and question(s).

"The Parthenon and Periklean Politics" will be presented by, Dr. Jenifer Neils, Professor of Art History and Classics, Case Western Reserve University on Friday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. in Room GN102 on the Boca Raton campus. The lecture will begin with an overview of the Parthenon and its decoration and demonstrates how the new themes depicted here can be related to specific policies of Perikles. For more information, contact Dr. Brian McConnell at mcconnel@fau.edu.

The Department of Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents "Wonder of the World," a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire from Friday, Feb. 17, through Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Studio One Theatre on the Boca Raton campus. Shows are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; FAU students may purchase tickets for $12, and FAU faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $16. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.fauevents.com, by calling 800-564-9539 or at the theatre one hour prior to the performance. The play tells the story of unhappy Cass, who attempts to leave behind her deadly dull life and husband by fleeing to Niagara Falls. There she becomes entangled with various neurotics -- a heartbroken tour-boat captain, a half-hearted would-be suicide nutcase, a pair of incompetent, but heartless private eyes -- all of whom, before the play is over, discover they are connected in a weird, comical lattice of coincidence.

Join the Executive Education staff on Saturday, Feb. 18 (9 a.m.) or Thursday, Feb. 23 (6:30 p.m.) to learn about the Professional and Executive MBA degree programs offered in FAU's College of Business. The staff will provide information regarding curriculum and specializations, AACSB accreditation, admission requirements, program format, tuition/financial aid and complimentary GMAT prep course and waiver eligibility. To register for an information session, visit REGISTER. For program information, visit www.business.fau.edu/emba or www.business.fau.edu/pmba. Contact Jane with questions at jherbert@fau.edu or 561-297-1086.

This free event will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the John D. MacArthur Campus, AD Auditorium,. Reservations are required. For more information, contact Kathryn Yates 561-799-8105 or kyates3@fau.edu. "Master Playwright Event: Anton Chekov" includes details of the life, work and influence of Anton Chekov, one of history's greatest playwrights. Professional actors will read excerpts from various Chekov works. A dessert reception will follow the event, which is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, and reservations are required.

In Wednesday, Feb. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. in CU 321A on the Boca Raton campus, the Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature will present "Homophobia, Xenophobia and Misogyny in Spanish Children's Literature: Linguistic and Visual Absences" by Lawrence Schimel. Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning translator, writer and anthologist who will give a talk on issues of representation in Spain's contemporary children's literature. For more information, contact Fred Conrod at fconrod@fau.edu.

The College of Education's Distinguished Lecture Series presents Eustache Jean-Louis, M.D., M.P.H., offering "Health & Education Issues in Haiti and the local Haitian Community: Research and Service Opportunities," a lecture on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. in the Live Oak Pavilion, Boca Raton campus. A reception from 5 to 5:45 p.m., will precede the presentation and a panel discussion will follow at 7 p.m. The presentation provides an innovative approach to the FAU community and its collaborating partners on how to connect resources to the increasingly growing minority population of Haitian Americans in Florida. For more information, contact Michael Hall at 561-297-2420 or mhall61@fau.edu.

During the summer of 2011, 14 students from FAU studied abroad in Madrid, Spain. Watch as they give first-hand testament to their experience and how it transformed their lives living and learning in a different place soon to be called home. Created as a documentary film project for the FAU Madrid summer study-abroad course, "Madrid: Capital on the Move" explores the experience of studying abroad through FAU and the connections made by the students that took courses there. This film will give students a glimpse into the study-abroad program to Madrid being offered again this summer.

Two screenings will be offered on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. in PA 101, Boca Raton campus. For more information, contact the Office of International Programs at 561-297-1208.

The 19th Annual Connie De Marco Distinguished Lecture in Italian Studies will be held on Friday, Feb. 24 at noon in PA 101 on the Boca Raton campus. The lecturer will be Antonio Vitti, Indiana University, speaking on "Social Inquiry, Opposition and Intervention in Gianni Amelio's Cinema." For more information, contact Myriam S. Ruthenberg at ruthenbe@fau.edu.

The Department of Theatre in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents "Wonder of the World," a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire from Friday, Feb. 17, through Sunday, Feb. 26, in the Studio One Theatre on the Boca Raton campus. Shows are on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. General admission tickets are $20; FAU students may purchase tickets for $12, and FAU faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $16. Tickets may be purchased by visiting www.fauevents.com, by calling 800-564-9539 or at the theatre one hour prior to the performance. The play tells the story of unhappy Cass, who attempts to leave behind her deadly dull life and husband by fleeing to Niagara Falls. There she becomes entangled with various neurotics -- a heartbroken tour-boat captain, a half-hearted would-be suicide nutcase, a pair of incompetent, but heartless private eyes -- all of whom, before the play is over, discover they are connected in a weird, comical lattice of coincidence.

The FAU Peace Studies program will host Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery in Atlanta to construct a Mandala Sand Painting in the Schmidt Gallery on the Boca Raton campus. The monks will present the opening ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 25, from noon to 1 p.m. They will then work on the mandala from Sunday, Feb. 26, through Friday, March 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The public is welcome to view the construction of the mandala during these times. There will be a closing ceremony on Saturday, March 3 at 1 p.m.

There will be two other public programs while the monks are visiting. On Monday, February 27 at 4 p.m., Nathan Katz of the Program of Spirituality at Florida International University will present “What is a Mandala? What is Peace?” The lecture will take place in the House Chambers of the Student Union. Then on Wednesday, February 29 at 4 p.m., there will be a film screening of “Sand Painting: The Sacred Art of Tibet” followed by discussion. The screening will take place in the University Theatre.

For more information about the sand mandala and related events, visit www.fau.edu/galleries or call 561-297-2966.

FAU and Stand Among Friends, a Boca Raton-based nonprofit organization, will host the second annual "emb(race)" on Sunday, Feb. 26, beginning at 7:30 a.m. on the Boca Raton campus. The event will feature a 5K, 10K and one-mile family walk and is open to people of all ages and abilities. Whether participants run, walk, stroll, roll, use a wheelchair or hand cycle, anyone is welcome to enter. There will be games for children, live music, food, prizes, raffles, awards and many other fun activities. For more information or to register, call 561-297-4400, visit www.standamongfriends.org or email events@standamongfriends.org.

The Gimelstob Symposium in Judaic Studies in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents the symposium "New Scholarship on Israel" on Sunday, Feb. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium, and Monday, Feb. 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Live Oak Pavilion, Boca Raton campus. Sunday's program will include sessions on "Population and Immigration in Israel," "Israeli Fiction and National Identity," "Women, Art and Identity in Israel," and others. Monday's program will include sessions on "Religious Fundamentalism in Israel," "The New Politics of Israel in the American Jewish Community" and "Scenarios of the Zionist Future," among others. The 10 speakers come from universities all over the United States and from Israel.

Tickets are $5 for FAU faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate students, and $30 for the public. Registration is required by calling 561-297-0645 or emailing greenspa@fau.edu. For more information, including a full program, visit www.fau.edu/jewishstudies.

FAU's Center for Holocaust and Human Rights Education will host "Celebrate Heritage: Cocktails, Hors d'oeuvres, Music, Live Auction and Fine Jewelry" on Tuesday, February 28, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Eleanor R. Baldwin House on the Boca Raton campus. All proceeds will benefit the center's educational programs in the Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Indian River, Glades and Okeechobee county school districts. To attend, a minimum donation of $100 per person is suggested. For more information or to register, call 561-297-2929 or visit http://fauf.fau.edu/CelebrateHeritage.

The Office for Students with Disabilities will be presenting a disability awareness program for faculty and staff on Wednesday, Feb. 29, in SU 132 on the Boca Raton campus. The program begins at 1 p.m. and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to lgil@fau.edu by Monday, Feb. 27.

On Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Students Advocating Volunteer Involvement (SAVI) and the Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service will be hosting the 4th annual Loving Humanity with Locks of Hair. During this event, hair donors will have the opportunity to have their hair cut to benefit Pantene Beautiful Lengths. They create wigs that are distributed for free, through select American Cancer Society wig banks across the country, to women fighting cancer. Faculty, staff and students are invited to be hair donors. To schedule an appointment, contact 561-297-3607 or volunteer@fau.edu.

On Wednesday, Feb. 29, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in SO 250 on the Boca Raton campus, Juan R. I. Cole, University of Michigan, will present "The Obama Administration and the Arab Spring." Dr. Cole is Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History at the University of Michigan. For three decades, he has sought to put the relationship of the West and the Muslim world in historical context. For more information, contact Eric Hanne at ehanne@fau.edu or 561-297-3864.

Kultur Festival 2012, an annual celebration of Jewish culture, will be held from Saturday, March 3, through Sunday, March 11, on the Boca Raton campus. Now in its fourth year, the Kultur festival is sponsored by FAU Libraries and the Jewish Cultural Society at FAU. The festival uses film and theater, lectures, storytelling, book arts and music to showcase FAU Libraries' special collections.

The Caring Hearts Auxiliary of FAU's Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center will host "Shades of Green: Music, Memories & Dance" on Saturday, March 10, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing atrium lobby, Boca Raton campus. The event benefits scholarships to Day Center participants and caregiver support programs. Individual tickets are $200, and sponsorships are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 561-297-4066, email lwill42@fau.edu or visit https://fauf.fau.edu/shadesofgreen.

The FAU Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) will host the third annual "Wings of Hope" charity reception on Saturday, March 10, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Delray Acura Premier Club level of FAU Stadium, Boca Raton campus. A VIP event for sponsors and benefactors will take place preceding the reception from 6 to 7 p.m. All proceeds from the charity event will benefit CARD, which provides free expert consultation and training to families and professionals affected by autism spectrum disorders. For more information, to purchase tickets or to become a sponsor, visit https://fauf.fau.edu/wingsofhope or contact Ali Cunningham at 561-297-4247, acunnin5@fau.edu.

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will bring health-related graduate programs and students together for the 2012 Pre-Health Professions Day on Monday, March 19 from noon to 3:30 p.m. on the East Patio of the Sanson Life Science Building (SC), Boca Raton campus. Admission representatives from health-related graduate schools and programs including: medical, dental, pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, chiropractic, veterinary medicine, optometry and more. Some of the many schools/programs scheduled to appear include: the University of Florida School of Medicine, the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the Florida State University College of Medicine, the Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the University of South Florida College of Medicine, the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, the Ohio State College of Dental Medicine, the Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine and the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. For more information, visit www.science.fau.edu/prehealthday/index.html.

FAU's Office of Multicultural Affairs and South Florida Organizations present South Florida Youth Summit 2012 on March 22 to 24. On Thursday, March 22, Dr. Cornel West will be the featured speaker at the Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus at 6 p.m. Students with FAU ID are free, but will need to pick up tickets at the Student Union box office. Staff/faculty can purchase tickets through the box office. For details, visit www.sfyouthsummit.com or contact Juan Izaguirre, director of multicultural affairs, at 561-297-3959.

It is time once again for the annual FAU Employee Service Awards Ceremony. This year's awards will be held on Wednesday, April 18, in the Live Oak Pavilion on the Boca Raton campus.

The University will recognize completed years of service for regular full-time and part-time employees with continued and completed service of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 45 years at FAU as of 2011.

Please observe these very important points: - Temporary and adjunct years of service do not apply toward years of service. - Only employment years working for FAU apply. - Other State of Florida service or State University System service cannot be added to years of service at FAU. - Service must be continuous, with no break in service years. - Service is calculated in "completed" years of service as of Dec. 31, 2011.

Employees celebrating 5 through 10 years of service will not be called up individually for recognition but will be recognized respectfully in groups. Their awards will be available for pick-up at the ceremony.

Employees with 15 through 45 years of service will be called up individually to receive their awards. The electronic check-in for 15-year through 45-year recipients will commence at 8:30 a.m., and refreshments will be served at that time. The program will start at approximately 9:30 a.m.

The University will also acknowledge winners of this year's President's Leadership Awards, Jeffrey Gabor Exemplary Employee Awards, the TIAA CREF Faculty Award and the VALIC Customer Service Award.

Invitations to all annual award recipients will be sent out electronically the second week of February. All employees of FAU are cordially invited to attend the ceremony.

The four digital Living Room Theaters are located in the Culture and Society Building on the Boca Raton campus. Patrons can enjoy the European style cafe after 5 p.m. Show dates, times and ticket information can be found at http://fau.livingroomtheaters.com.

The Department of Campus Recreation and Human Resources have teamed up with Healthy Wages, an employee wellness company, to present the Match Up challenge. Grab four of your co-workers and join in on this great challenge to become fit and stay healthy. For only $20 a month your team has a chance to compete against other teams in Florida. Currently only 36 teams are enrolled for the chance to win cash prizes: first place is $10,000, second place is $5,000 and third place is $3,000 per team. Winners are determined by total weight lost during the three-month challenge.

With motivation from your team and special opportunities the Department of Campus Recreation has created for the employee Match Up participants we know you can be successful. Teams must register and pay through Healthy Wages website at www.healthywage.com/clients/fau by Feb. 16.

If you are interested, join us at the Recreation and Fitness Center on Boca Raton campus on Feb. 14 for Love your Body Employee Yoga. During, this event you may participate in a basic yoga class from 12-1 p.m. Then from 1-2 p.m. we will provide free fitness assessments and more information on the Match Up. If you have any questions regarding these programs, email Erin Stevens at esteve17@fau.edu.

On Thursday, Feb. 23, Conor Devery from First Response Training, LLC, will offer a CPR Training course in SE 314 (Science and Engineering bldg.) from 2 to 4:30 p.m. This training opportunity is open to all students, staff, faculty and community members who are interested in receiving an American Heart Association CPR certification or re-certification. This training is offered at a discounted rate of $30. Course materials are included in class cost. Payment can be made via https://epay.fau.edu/C20081_ustores/web/store_cat.jsp?STOREID=18&CATID=69. Email any questions to firstresponsetraining@gmail.com. Space is limited to 15 participants.

Start off 2012 in good health -- employees can join the Recreation and Fitness Center for as little as $20 month (based on payroll deduction prices). For more information, visit www.fau.edu/campusrec or call the membership services office at 561-297-4512.

The Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program, offered by the College of Business Executive Education has the answers you need to actively take control of your financial future. A three-day educational seminar, the Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program will not only educate you in all areas of personal finance but also provide you with a personalized financial plan to organize your resources and help you understand the decisions you need to make to meet your financial objectives. You will also have the opportunity to invite a guest or your spouse, FREE of charge, to attend with you!

The College of Business Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program offers FAU students, faculty, alumni and FAU Business Plan competitors an opportunity to receive one-on-one mentoring with highly experienced entrepreneurs and executives. Five accomplished entrepreneurs are available on Mondays through Thursdays in the DeSantis Pavilion in suite 201 on the Boca Raton campus. Each EIR has a wealth of experience in new venture development, advising start-up ventures and entrepreneurship education as well as a demonstrated history of innovation in high-growth industries. The Spring 2012 EIRs are: - Bob Nelson, founding member of The New World Angels investment group - David Gray, founder of Casebriefs - Phil Viscomi, managing partner of Business Growth Advisors, Incorporated - Ronald Rosenzweig, co-founder and previous executive chairman, president and chief executive officer for ANADIGICS - Robert Schattner, founder and president of Omnimed

Get healthy with yoga. First class is FREE. Join any time. Spring classes run through May 4. Yoga exercises every muscle, nerve and gland in the body and releases stress and tension. Benefits include strength, flexibility and balance. The class is appropriate for every body type and fitness level. Classes are by the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Building, Room 115. Cost for faculty and staff is $70 for 8 classes, or $10 for 1 class. Cost for students is $40 for 8 classes, or $5 for 1 class. Cost for community members is $80 for 8 classes, or $12 for 1 class. Contact Kristine Lee at 561-297-0159 or klee26@fau.edu for additional information.

The Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service (WCCES) in the Division of Student Affairs is compiling a list of on-campus volunteer opportunities for students. If there are departments that have a need for student volunteers, complete the Request Form for Volunteers found at www.fau.edu/volunteer under the Community tab on the left-hand side of the page. Questions? Contact Jheanelle Shepherd at 561-297-3607 or jshephe8@fau.edu.

Beginning today, randomly selected FAU students on all campuses will receive a survey at their FAU email address. This confidential and nationally recognized web research survey created by the American College Health Association will assist FAU in collecting precise data about FAU students health habits, behaviors and perceptions. Information gathered in this National College Health Assessment survey will help FAU better understand students health status and emerging behaviors that may impact student health. The University will then be able to tailor health and wellness services to maintain and improve the health of FAU students on all campuses. Please remind students to participate if they receive this online survey. All results are kept strictly confidential, so please assist FAU with this important study. Contact Cathie Wallace, Director of Student Health Services, at 561-297-3516 for more information.

Do you know of any student interested in being one of FAU's first Certified Student Leaders? The Certified Student Leader program is a co-curricular certification available to students at FAU interested in enhancing their leadership knowledge, application and skills through a variety of leadership opportunities. These opportunities may be tailored to students' own interests, many of which are offered over the course of the academic year. This program must be completed in one academic year (for example, if begun in spring 2012 the program must be completed before the end of fall 2012) and students must start the program during the enrollment period (the first six weeks of every semester). This is an ideal opportunity for students to learn about leadership while allowing for the flexibility to accommodate their busy schedules. Students who complete the program and are in good academic standing will receive a Certificate and have the certification noted on their transcript.

THIS SCREENING IS FOR STUDENTS ONLY: In collaboration with Microsoft Partners in Learning and the College of Education, come to an exclusive FAU screening of "American Teacher" on Wednesday, Feb., 22, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., in the College of Education Building (Bldg. 47), Room 119. The movie offers a definitive look at the state of teaching in America that offers a solution to the education crisis.

"American Teacher" is the feature-length documentary produced and directed by Academy Award–winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth; produced by Nínive Calegari, co-founder of the literacy nonprofit 826 National, and bestselling author Dave Eggers; and narrated by Academy Award-winner Matt Damon. It chronicles the stories of four teachers -- Erik Benner, Jonathan Dearman, Jamie Fidler, and Rhena Jasey -- who live and work in disparate urban and rural areas of the country. By following these teachers as they reach different milestones in their careers, the film tells the deeper story of the teaching profession in America today. The film shows us the experience of these four young teachers as they recognize the importance of what they do, and how much they love what they do, but have to ask themselves: Can I afford to continue to teach?

Contact Dr. Charles Dukes at 561.297.1081 or cdukes@fau.edu for more information.

Phi Alpha Chapter of Alpha Sigma Lambda (ASL) is a national honor society that celebrates the scholarship and leadership of adult students in higher education. The FAU ASL chapter is now open for students to apply for spring term membership. If interested, contact jtakeda@fau.edu. Membership requirements include: - Degree-seeking adult undergraduate FAU student (part-time or full-time) - Minimum of 60 credit hours earned toward degree with at least 12 credits from FAU - Minimum GPA of 3.2 on a 4.0 scale

FAU Libraries are hosting "Highlights from the Davis Collection," an exhibition of rare title pages, music scores, books, greeting cards and other music-related materials by renowned composers and publishers from the Richard Beattie Davis Collection through April 7 at the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus. The collection was established by Davis in 1984 and consists largely of first and early editions of scores from the early 1790s to the first two decades of the 20th century. The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, is in the atrium lobby and on the second floor outside of the administration offices. Contact special collections at 561-297-2693 or lysca@fau.edu. Hours are available by calling 561-297- 3770 or at www.library.fau.edu/geninfo/hours.htm.

Each year, the Office of International Programs holds a photo competition and exhibit to celebrate and highlight the amazing moments captured by our students while studying abroad. An exhibition of the the entries opened on Nov. 1 on First Floor West of the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus and will remain on display until Feb. 29 More information at www.fau.edu/goabroad/PhotoContest.php.

Birds and nature are common threads in this show, which features ceramics by Karla Walter, who is the curator of the Eissey Art Gallery at Palm Beach State College (PBSC), and photographs by Dennis Tishkowsky, a photography instructor at PBSC and John I. Leonard High School. The free exhibition runs through Friday, March 9, at the John D. MacArthur Campus Library Gallery. For more information, call 561-799-8530 or visit www.library.fau.edu/npb/npb.htm.

The University Galleries will present the landmark exhibition, "Surfing Florida: A Photographic History," beginning Saturday, March 17 through Saturday, May 12. The exhibition has been developed for the past three years by University Galleries Director W. Rod Faulds and Paul Aho, the exhibition's curator, a lifelong Florida surfer and head of photography and digital imaging at the Paducah School of Art. A series of programs and events will take place the opening weekend beginning Friday, March 16 and Saturday, March 17. Surfing Florida will employ "media stations" to present film, video, music and interviews with historic surfers. The exhibition will also include surfboards representing Florida's 80-year-old surfing history. For more information, call 561-297-2966 or visit www.fau.edu/galleries.

Clinical Research Studies at FAU's College of Medicine is conducting a clinical research trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an investigational medication for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. There is no cost to participate and eligible participants will receive payment for time and travel. If you or someone you know is suffering from Alzheimer's, call 561-297-0164 to learn more.

Are you currently taking an antidepressant and experiencing sexual side effects? Clinical Research Studies at the FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine is conducting a clinical research study to better understand the effects of an investigational antidepressant medication on sexual functioning when compared with an approved medication. We are currently enrolling individuals who are taking Celexa (citalopram), Paxil (paroxetine) or Zoloft (sertraline), and have well-controlled depression but are experiencing sexual side effects thought to be caused by their current antidepressant medication. For more information, please call 561-297-0164. Eligible participants will receive payment for time and travel.

The Language Development Lab, under the direction of Professor Erika Hoff, is conducting a federally funded study of early monolingual and bilingual development. We are looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning Spanish at home and at least one parent was born in a Spanish-speaking country. For participating, you will receive $150 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay for your time at each visit. If you complete this study through the age of 5 years, you will receive a total of $1,000 in gift cards.

We are also looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning only English at home. For participating, you will receive $50 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay you for your time at each visit. If you complete the study through the age of 5 years you will receive a total of $400 in gift cards. We plan to study children's language development from 2 years and 6 months to 5 years.

The purpose of these studies is to gain a better understanding of how language develops during this period. We will come to your home or you can come to our playroom on the Davie campus of Florida Atlantic University or to our office on the Boca Raton campus -- whichever is easier for you. If you are interested in this study, email langdevlab@fau.edu. You may also call 954-236-1142 or check out psy.fau.edu/~hoff/LangDevLab/index.htm for more information.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the College of Education building on the Boca Raton campus and provides speech, language and hearing diagnostic and therapy services -- including accent reduction therapy -- to children and adults. Services are available Monday through Friday during every semester on a space-available basis. Appointments for diagnostic or treatment services may be made by calling Maria at 561-297-2258. Payment can now be made by VISA or MasterCard.

The clinic offers Stroke Support and a Stuttering Support groups, each meeting once a month. Interested parties should contact the clinic for details. FAU faculty and staff members and their families receive a 50 percent discount for all services. Full-time FAU students receive a 50 percent discount for evaluations and then are charged $10 per treatment session.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is operated by FAU's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. For more information on clinic services, visit www.coe.fau.edu/csd/clinic.htm.

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